CULTURE TOUR HITS BURBANK.Byline: Sylvia L. Oliande Staff Writer BURBANK - Armed with Universal CityWalk Universal CityWalk is a part of Universal Studios Hollywood, Universal Orlando Resort and Universal Studios Japan originating from Universal's first park, Universal Studios Hollywood. shopping bags, more than 1,700 students from 28 Latin American countries List of American countries Nations:
It may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia's content policies, particularly neutral point of view. on Monday to kick off a weeklong international architectural conference. Flags from more than two dozen Latin American countries ringed the quad of the Burbank campus where students listened to Universal CityWalk's architect Jon Jerde during the first lecture of the International Conference of Latin American Students in Architecture. Students said the conference is an opportunity for people of different cultures to exchange ideas and to learn from notable American architects. ``When we meet all the cultures and to learn with all the others, that's important,'' said third-year architecture student Aline Felix, 19, of Brazil. ``It's part of our learning. The architect has to do this. He doesn't live in a box by himself. He has to have contact with other cultures.'' Monday's event at Woodbury was one stop in a weeklong schedule that will take students to architecture schools at the University of California, Los Angeles UCLA comprises the College of Letters and Science (the primary undergraduate college), seven professional schools, and five professional Health Science schools. Since 2001, UCLA has enrolled over 33,000 total students, and that number is steadily rising. , University of Southern California The U.S. News & World Report ranked USC 27th among all universities in the United States in its 2008 ranking of "America's Best Colleges", also designating it as one of the "most selective universities" for admitting 8,634 of the almost 34,000 who applied for freshman admission and the Southern California Institute of Architecture The Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc), was founded in 1972 by Ray Kappe. Thom Mayne was among its founding instructors and Michael Rotondi among its first students. . The architecture students visited Woodbury because it is the United States representative to the program, university President Kenneth R. Nielsen said. Norman Millar, chairman of Woodbury's architecture department, said the university planned to introduce the students to all parts of its curriculum, including interior design, fashion design and animation. |
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